Mammoths resurrected and other thoughts from a futurist, Stewart Brand and Chris Anderson

Stewart Brand is a futurist, counterculturist and visionary with a very wideranging mind. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Brand discusses. .. just about everything: human nature, bringing back the wooly mammoth, geoengineering, rewilding and science as organized skepticism plus the story of an acid trip on a San Francisco rooftop in the 60s that sparked a perspectiveshifting idea. The story we re told is that we re the next meteor, Brand says, but things are capable of getting Check out more TED Talks: The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Follow TED on Twitter: Like TED on Facebook: Subscribe to our channel: